Shovel



(NoModel.)

' B. I'. MGINDOO.

SHUVEL.

No. 584,827. Patented June 22, 1897.

PATENT Tricia.

BENJAMIN F. MCINDOO, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

SHOVEL.

l SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,827, dated J une 22, 1897. Application filed December 24, 1896. Serial No. 616,886. (No model.)

To all whom, it may con/cern:

13e it known that I, BENJAMIN F. McINDoo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shovels; and I do hereby de- Clare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying d rawin gs,in whichw Figure I is a perspective View of a shovel according to my invention in position to till. Fig. II represents the same shovel in side elevation ready to be lifted after filling, the dotted lines indicating' the movement of parts in the process of pitching out the contents of the shovel.

rlhis invention relates in general to that class of shovels which are used by hand, and more particularly to scoop-shovels which are used for shoveling grain and other material which requires to be first lifted and then pitched to some distance; and lthe object of the invention is to so construct a shovel as to render the labor of lifting a-nd pitching any materialor substance with it easier and less fatiguing.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts forming a shovel hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, represents the blade or scoop portion of the shovel, which maybe of any desired form or material, and 6 represents the handle. To the bar 7 of the handle and near the scoop I attach an auxiliary handle 8 by means of a link 9 and a hanger l0. The hanger is rigidly fixed to the bar 7 to depend therefrom, and the link 9 is connected at one end with the lower end of the hanger'and at the other end with the handle. These connections may be pivots or any other mechanism which will permitthe link 9 to swing freely to and fro lengthwise of the handle-bar 7 and permit the auxiliary handle 8 to revolve relatively to the link. The link is bifurcated to straddle the handle-bar, yet

a single link at one side would accomplish the purpose, but not as well. The handle 8 is provided with a brace or pawl 11, shaped at its free end to engage a rack of teeth 12,011 the Fig. II in the same manner that it is common y.

to slide the hand forward on the handle-bar of the common shovel to lift near the load. Now by a slight rock of the hand holding the handle 8 that handle may be revolved enough to throw the pawl 1l into engagement with the rack 12, whereby the handle S is prevented from being swung bac-k to a vertical line over the pivotal point 13, as it would naturally do if not so held, and the load is lifted to the best advantage. Then as the shovel is swung forward to pitch out its load the handle 8 is to be turned a little forward, when the pawl 11 will be disengaged from the rack 12 and the handle 8 will swing naturally backward, as shown in dotted lines 14, and nally arrive at the position 15, when the load leaves the scoop, giving the latter the freest possible pitch and locating the handle S in the natural position to push the shovel for the next fillin By the wort scoop used in the claims I mean any kind of a shovel-blade, and as some shovels are not provided with the Grosshandle 6 I use the word handle-bar to indicate the bar 7 with or without a cross-handle G.

Some advantage would be derived from the link 9 connecting the intermediate handle 8 withthe shovel when the link is pivoted at a distance below the handle-bar, even though the pawl 11 were not used. This device may be attached to shovels already made, or it may be made as a part of shovels regularly furnished on the market.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

l. In a shovel, a handle-bar and blade; a hanger rigidly fixed to depend below the handle-bar near the blade; a link freely connected with the hanger at a distance below and ex- IOO tending above the handle-bar, and a handle upon the link above the handle-bar, substantially as described.

2. In a shovel, a handle-bail and blade; a hanger rigidly fixed to depend below the handle-bar a link freely connected wit-h the said hanger at a distance below and extending above the handle-bar; a handle freely oonneoted with the link and provided with a pawl, and the handle-bar having one or more teeth upon it to be engaged by the said pawl7 substantially as described.

3. In a shovel, a handle-bar having teeth upon it; an auxiliary handle and a link conneoting it with a fixture of the handle-bai', and a pawl upon the auxiliary handle adapted to engage the said teeth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. MCINDOO.

Witnesses: l

FRANK LoGUE, ,HosEA B. KING. 

